Infosecurity News

#mWISE: US to Implement Game-Changing Cyber Mandates on Medical Devices
A new legal requirement for medical devices in the US will introduce the first-ever SBOM mandate for the consumer market

International Criminal Court Reveals Security Breach
ICC says it’s putting additional protections in place

Finnish Authorities Shutter Dark Web Drugs Marketplace
Customs officers announce seizure of Piilopuoti server

Brits Lose $9.3bn to Scams in a Year
One in 10 have suffered from fraud in past 12 months

#mWISE: Chinese Cyber Power Bigger Than the Rest of the World Combined
China is rising as a cyber superpower, sponsoring not just ever more highly sophisticated espionage campaigns, but also venturing into cybercrime and disinformation

Chinese Group Exploiting Linux Backdoor to Target Governments
The new backdoor is being used by Earth Lusca to conduct cyber-espionage campaigns, primarily against governments in Asia and the Balkans

#mWISE: FBI Director Urges Greater Private-Public Collaboration Against Cybercrime
FBI director Christopher Wray said that partnerships with the private sector have changed the FBI’s approach to fighting cybercrime

Threat Actor Claims Major TransUnion Data Breach
Database compromise dates back to March 2022

Clorox Struggling to Recover From August Cyber-Attack
US manufacturer can’t say when operations will return to normal

Microsoft AI Researchers Leak 38TB of Private Data
An overly permissive Shared Access Signature (SAS) token was to blame

Fraudsters Steal Over $1m in Three Weeks Through ‘Pig Butchering’ Crypto Scam
Sophos researchers highlight a highly sophisticated operation utilizing fake trading pools of cryptocurrency from DeFi trading applications

Another $40m Dispersed to Western Union Fraud Victims
Around 25,000 global victims will receive full compensation

Illegal Betting Ring Used Satellite Tech to Get Scoop on Results
Global cops support Spanish investigation into massive fraud

TikTok Fined $368m For Child Data Privacy Offenses
Chinese social media giant broke GDPR several times over

Cloud to Blame for Almost all Security Vulnerabilities
Palo Alto Networks found that over 45% of organizations’ high-risk exposures in the cloud were due to cloud providers introducing new services

China's Malicious Cyber Activity Informing War Preparations, Pentagon Says
The report says China is likely to launch destructive cyber-attacks against the US Homeland in the event of a military conflict

Pirated Software Likely Cause of Airbus Breach
Incident exposed personal information at 3200 vendors

Iranian Threat Group Hits Thousands With Password Spray Campaign
APT33 activity resulted in data theft from small number of victims

Caesars Entertainment Reveals Major Ransomware Breach
Attackers compromised loyalty program data via supplier

Manchester Police Officers’ Data Breached in Third-Party Attack
Officers working undercover or in sensitive roles like intelligence could be exposed



